Chaminade High School

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Chaminade High School
Fortes in Unitate - Strength in Unity
Location
Mineola, New York, USA
Information
Religion Roman Catholic
Enrollment

1680
Faculty 78
Average class size 32-40 students
Student:teacher ratio 21.6:1
Average SAT scores (2008) 630 verbal
610 math
Type Private
Campus Main Building, Residence, Ott Field, Faerber Field, Physical Fitness Center(PFC), Activity and Athletics Center (AAC), Meribah Retreat House, Founder's Hollow Retreat House
Athletics 31 Interscholastic Teams
Mascot Flyers
Color(s) Crimson and Gold
Newspaper Tarmac
Established 1930
Homepage chaminade-hs.org

Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic high school for young men in Mineola, New York. In 1930, Alexander Ott, S.M., a member of the Society of Mary, founded the school and named it after William Joseph Chaminade. It is operated independent of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre.

The school has a student body of roughly 1,680 with both lay and Marianist faculty. Students follow a liberal arts curriculum, including four years of Religion, English, Social Studies, Foreign Language (French, German, Latin or Spanish), Mathematics, Science, including Earth Science (or Oceanography), Biology, Chemistry, Physics, three years of Fine Arts, and one year of Health.

Qualified students also have the opportunity to enroll in a full year of collegiate study during their senior year. Professors from Long Island University directly teach at the school. Over 99% of Chaminade graduates attend college.[1] In 2006, all 390 graduates were accepted into college, with 265 offered scholarships.[2]

A selection of extracurricular activities are available. Most students partake in one or more school activities and more than half participate on interscholastic athletic teams.[3]

The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Flyers, which honors the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight from the U.S. to Europe, departing nearby Roosevelt Field in the United States to Paris, France, in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh. Accordingly, the school newspaper is called Tarmac.

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[edit] Religious identity

Students gather at least once a month for a student body Mass, and take four years of religious education classes beginning with biblical history and continuing on to moral and ethical education, church history, and contemporary Catholic philosophy. Each year the student body assembles to honor the fallen alumni who gave their lives to protect the United States through military service in the Gold Star Mass. A communion service is offered prior to every lunch period in the school's chapel; confessions are heard every week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Eucharistic adoration is offered on a weekly basis on Mondays to students and faculty.

[edit] Athletics

Over the years Chaminade has established top programs in baseball, bowling, cross country, track and field, rowing, swimming, diving, soccer, riflery, chess, hiking, tennis, volleyball, wrestling, ice hockey, football and lacrosse. Its crew team ranks as one of the top teams in the nation, with their varsity boat winning the Head of the Charles Regatta in two of the last four years.

In the fall of 2003, the crew team, which had an undefeated fall racing season, captured 1st place among high schools in the Youth 8+ event in the Head of the Charles Regatta. In 2006, the cross country team was the NSCHSAA League and CHSAA Intersectional champions, while the soccer team was the New York State champion.

Until a second place finish to Fordham Prep of the Bronx New York in the 2007 CHSAA swimming finals, the Swim Team remained undefeated in the CHSAA for six consecutive years. Despite finishing second in the 2007 championships, the team finished it's 2006-2007 dual meet season undefeated for the sixth consecutive season. During the 2004-2005 season, the team ranked first in New York state among public and private high schools and eleventh nationally in Dual Meets.[4]

On the gridiron, Stephen Boyd, a former NFL linebacker for the Detroit Lions, is a faculty member of the Physical Education Department and a coach of the football team.

Chaminade won the 2008 CHSAA boy's lacrosse title for the fourth year in a row.[citation needed]

[edit] Fall sports

[edit] Winter sports

[edit] Spring sports

[edit] Finances

In 1986, Father Philip Eichner ('53), then the president of Chaminade, conceived the idea of an annual collection to lower tuition at Chaminade. It was called the Torch Fund. The proceeds from this fund would be added to the already existing Development Fund, and the interest would be used to defray the cost of tuition. Together with Brother Gary Eck, director of development at the time, Eichner envisioned a time when the interest might cap the cost of tuition. From humble beginnings, the fund has grown dramatically and exceeds $38 million as of January 2007. As a result, more funding has become available to lower student tuition.

[edit] Other

Chaminade is well known for its academic rigor and its success in forensics. The Robert C. Wright Speech and Debate Team (named after alumnus and Vice Chairman of General Electric Robert Charles Wright) consistently competes with Long Island's Catholic Forensic League and regularly competes on the national debate circuit.

Chaminade is one of the only high schools in America (and the only public facility on Long Island) to own and operate a theater organ (for more information, see http://www.nytos.org/chaminade.html). The Chaminade organ is a Robert Morton console with ranks by Wurlitzer, Robert Morton, Austin, and Barton. It is composed of 3 manuals and 15 ranks.

In the summer of 2006, the female secretary to the President brought a lawsuit against Chaminade High School for gender discrimination, after she was fired for having a relationship with a male faculty member who was still married. The lawsuit alleged there were cameras in the boy's locker room. The male teacher was not fired.[5][6]

On Thursday, September 13, 2007 Chaminade held its first full student body Mass in thirty years in the new Activity Athletic Center. The new facility offers the ability to hold 1500 for basketball games, a 1/10 of a mile indoor track suspended over the basketball court, a premier wrestling room, and a 200 person auditiorium, yet the facility always displays the a replica of the Pieta to display its Marianist tradition, as well as a small crucifix above the basketball court.[7]

On Wednesday, September 19, 2007, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace visited Chaminade to speak with the students and faculty in the new Activities and Athletic Center. This was the first special guest to speak in the new AAC.[8]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

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  5. ^ Haberman, Zach (August 17, 2006), “Sex Sack Flap at Catholic HS”, New York Post, <http://www.nypost.com/seven/08172006/news/regionalnews/sex_sack_flap_at_catholic_hs_regionalnews_zach_haberman.htm> 
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  21. ^ Executive Suite: You can bet on MGM Mirage's Lanni. USA today website. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
  22. ^ Eisenberg, Carol. "Last tango for Chaminade prom", Newsday, 2005-12-2. Retrieved on 2007-12-28. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. 
  23. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/2008/03/24/2008-03-24_head_coach_bob_mckillop_provides_davidso.html
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  28. ^ "L.I. Democrat Takes On Spitzer in Governor Race", NY Times, 2006-02-26. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 
  29. ^ http://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/hcm/spring06/spring06_campaign.pdf
  30. ^ Robert C. Wright

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